Released: October 30, 2007

‘Daylight’ false alarm: So, what time is it?

Source: Michelle Kessler, USA TODAY

Some Americans are finding themselves behind the times thanks to a daylight saving shift that is confusing people and electronics.
Daylight saving used to end on the last weekend in October. But Congress changed it to the first weekend in November this year in an effort to save power.

That may save electricity, but it’s causing a brain drain as the country figures out what time it is. Creating confusion: Some PCs, cellphones and other electronics are still programmed to “fall back” on the old date, which was Sunday.

Thousands of people in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere have called city information lines just to ask what time it is.

High-tech parking meters in Baltimore expired early, though just two tickets were issued before the city caught the glitch.

With less publicity about the change in the time change than in the spring, “We fell asleep at the wheel,” says Pete Collier, director of operations for the Baltimore Parking Authority.

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